Megyn Kelly attacks tennis stars Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, calling them “divas”
Kelly: “I don't respect Naomi Osaka at all. She's not tough, she's weak.”
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Megyn Kelly attacks tennis stars Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka, calling them "divas"
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From the July 1, 2026, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): So, what's happening at Wimbledon with these divas, Rob, is a bit much. OK? Couple years ago, we had Naomi Osaka who couldn't perform. She couldn't be interviewed by the press. She couldn't be asked about why she doesn't play that well on clay because it was these nasty reporters trying to get into her head. Every other reporter could sit for that. Every other reporter got asked about their weaknesses. It's not fun as the journalist to zero in on their strengths. We always go for the place that hurts. That's what we get paid to do. Everyone can take it except for her, and then they change the whole rule where, like, players would now have these mental health rooms to get ready in before they had to go play, and they'd have psychiatric counseling if they needed it, all because of this woman.
Now she arrives to the US Open in some head-to-toe, white kimono trying to look like, I don't know, some sort of a goddess, some sort of a queen. Now she's leaning into her fabulousness, Rob, and we're all expected to get on board and celebrate Naomi. Well, it's a no. I don't respect Naomi Osaka at all. She's not tough, she's weak, and only somebody who is would walk in needing that kind of attention as opposed to somebody who lets the game speak for itself.
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KELLY: Naomi Osaka was part of the Black-only dinner party that happened during the French Open. It's just so outrageous. Like, if you and I had a whites-only dinner party, we -- if I was in traditional media, we'd would get fired. You'd get fired from news. But you can have a Black-only dinner party because that's a celebration of, you know, I guess, Blackness, which is allowed, but celebrations of whiteness are not. And she was big on the BLM stuff, but you can't ask her questions about clay. And she's shy, and she needs mental health counseling, but she's totally entitled to call all this attention to herself in a head-to-toe, white kimono as she arrives in Wimbledon, and, I guess -- are we allowed to ask about that or not? I'm not clear on the rules on what you can ask Naomi about and what you can't because we're all just living in her world.
And speaking of the weird behavior around the pressers that follow the matches, Rob, which all of the players do, and most of them dislike. At least the losers dislike them, because you've just lost a match and you really don't wanna be asked about it. It's hard. But it's part of tennis. They all do it. Serena Williams at age 44 decides to try to reemerge at Wimbledon. And, look, hats off to her. She actually is the GOAT of female tennis. I think her numbers are even better than Steffi Graf's. Forgive me, Steffi, if I'm wrong, but they're right -- like, I think they might both have 23 grand slams. Crazy ass accomplishments, but age comes for us all.
And, so, Serena tries to go back out there, and she lost. She got her ass beat in her first round and went down, and guess what she refused to do? A press conference after the fact, which was considered universally bad form by her. She's too much of a diva, Rob. She didn't want to have to submit herself to the questions of reporters. And there's a report out today that while she was refusing to do that, she was complaining to the Wimbledon organizers, who, since she lost, removed from her the ability to use five black cars, you know, like the town cars that take you around everywhere. There was one for her mom, there was one for her sister, there was one for her trainer. She had five. But she lost, and they said, we're no longer going to pay for those five black cars, and reportedly, she complained. She wanted them throughout the tournament, period. End of report. I'm sick of this woman's diva behavior.